United States Navy Medical News Letter Vol. 26, No. 8, 21 October 1955
Graduate Training in Navy Hospitals.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SPECIAL NOTICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Current Concepts of Pulmonary Edema by LCDR I. D. Baronofsky (MC), LT J. W. Cox (MC) USNR . . . . . . . . 5
Use of Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate . . . . .. . . . 7
Pleuropulmonary Tularemia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Spontaneous Hypoglycemia ................ 10
Improved Coal Tar Ointment ............ 12
Scleroderma .... . ...... . .. . .... ...... .. ....... . 13
Massive Hemoptysis .............. 14
Treatment of Preeclampsia and Eclampsia . . . . . . . . 17
Prevention of Acute Nephritis ................. 20
Residual Motor-Skeletal Disabilities Among 215 Motorists ......... 22
Cutting Properties of Dental Burs ...... . .......... . ... 24
From the Note Book ......................... . . . . 26
Defective Medical and Dental Material (BuMed Inst. 6710.20) ...... 28
Fixed Medical Treatment Facilities (BuMed Inst. 11110.1) . ......... .28
Influenza Vaccine (BuMed Notice 6230) .. .. . .... . ...28
MEDICAL RESERVE SECTION
Seminar for Commanding Officers of Reserve Companies ............ 29
On-the-Job Training in Submarine Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Gratuitous Points....... .......... ........... . 30
AVIATION MEDICINE SECTION
Course in Aviation Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Air Development Squadron by LT Frank H. Austin, Jr., MC USN ...... . 31
Attention, All Flight Surgeons! ..... . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
National Air Show Exhibit .. . ............. .. ........... 35
Examinations of Pilots Following Hospitalization . . . . . 35
Respiratory Chemistry - Gaseous Exchange . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Symposium on Physiologic and Pathologic Effects of Microwaves ...... 38
Historical Facts for October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39